The_Wisdom_of_the_Sands_Volume_1

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5、NDTHENLETSITFALLAGAIN.FALLINGASRAIN,THEWATERAGAINBECOMESARIVER.””HOWCANIKNOWTHATTHISISTRUE?””ITISSO,ANDIFYOUDONOTBELIEVEIT,YOUCANNOTBECOMEMORETHANAQUAGMIRE,ANDEVENTHATCOULDTAKEMANY,MANYYEARS;ANDITCERTAINLYISNOTTHESAMEASASTREAM.””BUTCANINOTREMAINTHESAMESTREAMTHATIAMTODAY?””YOUCANNOTINEITHERCASER

6、EMAINSO,”THEWHISPERSAID.”YOURESSENTIALPARTISCARRIEDAWAYANDFORMSASTREAMAGAIN.YOUARECALLEDWHATYOUAREEVENTODAYBECAUSEYOUDONOTKNOWWHICHPARTOFYOUISTHEESSENTIALONE.”WHENHEHEARDTHIS,CERTAINECHOESBEGANTOARISEINTHETHOUGHTSOFTHESTREAM.DIMLY,HEREMEMBEREDASTATEINWHICHHE–ORSOMEPARTOFHIM,WASIT?–HADBEENHELDIN

7、THEARMSOFAWIND.HEALSOREMEMBERED–ORDIDHE?–THATTHISWASTHEREALTHING,NOTNECESSARILYTHEOBVIOUSTHINGTODO.ANDTHESTREAMRAISEDHISVAPORINTOTHEWELCOMINGARMSOFTHEWIND,WHICHGENTLYANDEASILYBOREITUPWARDSANDALONG,LETTINGITFALLSOFTLYASSOONASTHEYRE